Search Results - subject:"gambling industry"

Workplace risk and protective factors for gambling problems among gambling industry employees

Hing, Nerilee; Gainsbury, Sally - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 9, pp. 1667-1673

Having a stable healthy workforce is beneficial for the gambling industry, yet this workforce has comparatively high … among gambling venue employees. Australian gambling industry employees (N=551) completed a survey measuring gambling …

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Do casinos export bankruptcy?

Garrett, Thomas A.; Nichols, Mark W. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2005

This paper measures the extent to which destination resort casinos export bankruptcy back to visitors' home states. Previous literature has alluded to this possibility, but to date studies have only examined the influence of local casinos on local bankruptcy. Using various survey data, we...

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Smoke-free law did affect revenue from gaming in Delaware

Pakko, Michael R. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2005

A paper recently published in the journal Tobacco Control purports to show that the implementation of a smoking prohibition in Delaware had no statistically significant effect on the revenues of three gaming facilities in that state. After correcting for evident errors in that analysis, I find...

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No smoking at the slot machines: the effect of a smoke-free law on Delaware gaming revenues

Pakko, Michael R. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2005

As communities around the nation consider laws restricting smoking in public places, a key political and economic issue that often arises is the effect that such laws have on the sales and profits of particular sectors. The gaming industry has been active in opposition to such ordinances, citing...

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Can an Industry Be Socially Responsible If Its Products Harm Consumers? The Case of Online Gambling

Yani-de-Soriano, Mirella; Javed, Uzma; Yousafzai, Shumaila - In: Journal of Business Ethics 110 (2012) 4, pp. 481-497

online gambling industry, as harm related to gambling is a public health issue. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media … reinforced by marketing activities (i.e. rewards). We realise, however, that it is unrealistic to expect the online gambling … industry to prioritise harm prevention over revenue maximisation. Policy makers and regulators, therefore, would need to become …

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Casino gaming and local employment trends

Garrett, Thomas A. - In: Review (2004) Jan, pp. 9-22

Casino gambling has become a major industry in the United States. Economic development, especially through increases in employment, is the primary justification for casino development in a local area. This article estimates the employment effects of casino gambling for six counties in the...

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Shopping online for lucky 7s

Wirtz, Ronald A. - In: Fedgazette (2003) Mar, pp. 12-13

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Profile of a gambling district: We love to gamble, and we've developed dozens of ways to do it

Clement, Douglas - In: Fedgazette (2003) Mar, pp. 2-3

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Gambling: A sure thing?

Clement, Douglas - In: Fedgazette (2003) Mar, pp. 1-1

An in-depth look at Ninth District gambling, from state lotteries to Indian casinos to Internet gambling.

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Not a great bet

Clement, Douglas - In: Fedgazette (2003) Mar, pp. 4-6

Lotteries and other forms of government-sanctioned gambling have spread rapidly across the Ninth District. What kind of jackpot do they really deliver to state and local governments?

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